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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Pascal Febrer, Paris, FR;
Nicolas Romani, Paris, FR;
Philippe Saint Loup, Jouars Pontchartrain, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
RENAULT s.a.s., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); B60K 23/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2013.01); B60K 23/0808 (2013.01); B60W 2540/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a transmission system of an automotive vehicle, the transmission system including a mechanism of mechanically coupling first and second axles of the transmission system, a status of the coupling mechanism defining a number of transmission modes. The transmission system includes a button of pulse type controlling selection of a transmission mode and, after the vehicle has stalled, the transmission mode that is active following restarting of the vehicle is the mode that was active before the vehicle stalled.